My name comes from a small tribe in Nigeria. It means alert is the language. My father was born in Africa where the name is heard more frequently. My mother travelled out there with my dad and picked a name for their child. There were many names to choose from‚ so they picked the one that everyone will mispronounce when they get back into the states. Over the years I acquired many different nicknames one of which I am still using. Some of my favorites have to be Vesh or V. There are many that
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France was needed. Schlieffen thought that it would much easier to become victorious over France by attacking at its rear‚ rather than pushing through the heavily fortified France-German border. In order for them to do this quickly they would have to go through another country. Switzerland has its high mountains and tight passages was essentially invasion-proof‚ so the only other option for Germany was to go through Belgium. Schlieffen was knew that Belgium would be easy to defeat‚ well before British
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The goal of the Crusade was to win Jerusalem back from the Muslims. The Crusaders knew it would be impossible to control and take over the city surrounded by the Muslims who thought the city was sacred to them and belonged to them. “To conquer and have the power over Jerusalem‚ the Crusaders had to attack and control the surrounding territories in Syria‚ Lebanon‚ and Palestine‚ including the important cities‚ Edessa‚ Antioch and Acre”. At first‚ the crusaders were successful. They captured land around
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1) After her mother told her the story of her aunt‚ which served as a warning to not dishonor the family‚ Kingston decides not to mention her aunt’s name because it would hurt his father. According to the narrator‚ the fact that the entire family chose to forget her and erase every trace or sign of her from their memory was worse than the raid the villagers inflicted. Her family must have been in agreement with the village to some extent when they attacked their house because they did not try to
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disfranchisement‚ and police brutality. In the late 1960s‚ the Chicano movement brought the mass walkouts by high school students in Denver and East Los Angeles in 1968 and the Chicano Moratorium in Los Angeles in 1970. An important civil rights activist was Cesar Chavez. Influenced by leaders such as Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Chavez wished to help migrant field workers of California in a peaceful manner. He created a union of migrant farm workers‚ the National Farm Workers Association‚ to
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John Adams‚ who was a significant part of United States history‚ once said‚ "The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people." Between 1642 and 1648 England gives the colonies a period of Salutary Neglect in which they are fighting a civil war. During this time‚ the colonies develop an even stronger sense of unity and rebellion against authority. The colonists’ location and demography‚ autonomous institutions‚ and unifying measures
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Writing Your Own Declaration of Independence The Founding Fathers risked their lives and the lives of their families to make a statement to the empire of Great Britain and the rest of the world. The document they created would have been viewed as treason by the British government‚ and had they failed in their great plight for independence they would likely have lost everything‚ including their lives. Your task is to write your own Declaration of Independence. You must follow the guidelines
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Do you agree with the view that by 1940 the main obstacle to Indian independence was not British imperialism but divisions within India? Many people believe that in the 1940’s most of India’s problems involving independence was to do with divisions within India rather than British imperialism. In this essay I will be looking at both points of view and finally giving my opinion. I will be using three sources also to help me show both sides of the story. I will also be using my further knowledge
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‘Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13th‚ 1743‚ in Shadwell‚ Virginia. Thomas Jefferson had many roles that he played in the United States. During the Declaration of Independence he was the third president‚ and acted as a draftsman. Drafting the Declaration of Independence in 1776 turned into the characterizing occasion in Thomas Jefferson’s life. However‚ Jefferson’s longing to come back to Virginia to compose that state’s constitution‚ the Continental Congress designated him to
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What was the War of Jutland? Introduction The War of Jutland was fought by the British Royal Navy’s Grand fleet against the Imperial German Navy’s High seas fleet. This naval battle took place from May 31 to June 1‚ 1916. It unfolded during the First World War and was the largest naval battle in that war. The German fleet purposed to destroy the British fleet with the intention to have access to it’s naval vessels to the Atlantic. On the other hand‚ the British Navy strategized on means to keep the
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